From: Sigmund Rivkin-Fish <ziggy-AT-princeton.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:57:07 -0400
Subject: Re: American is Thought to be a Christian Country But it No


Dear Pam

Please address questions specifically, quote relevant sections, and summarize relevant background. If there is a need to refer to an entire long post, please refer to a website. I have no interest in being bombarded with yet another antisemitic spam message (this one I have already received over and over again). 

What is the exact question you would want Bourdieu to have addressed? 

Ziggy Rivkin-Fish

----- Original Message -----
From: Pam Stello <stello-AT-socrates.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:18 pm
Subject: American is Thought to be a Christian Country But it No Longer is Why, What Changed

> Hi All
> 
> Any thoughts on how Bourdieu would address the following question?
> 
> American is Thought to be a Christian Country But it No Longer is 
> Why, What
> Changed
> 
> This message is from Message Forwarders, a nonpartisan public service
> organization.
> Project Strait Gate, a group that pickets in front of Churches says:
> America is Not a Christian Nation
> By C. E. Carlson
> Many people in the Middle East consider America to be a Christian 
> countrybecause of the professions of certain leaders.  A 
> professing G. W. Bush
> followed a professing Bill Clinton.   Some cynics think it must pay
> politically to profess.  Americans, including many churched 
> people, tell me
> they are puzzled about what Christianity means.  Who can blame them?
> 
> George Bush and Paul Wolfowitz are not deceptive.  They are blatant
> promoters of serial wars, and they make no pretenses about it.   Mr.
> Wolfowitz is the front man for The Project for the New American 
> Century,described by ABC Nightline Anchorman Ted Koppel, as a 
> "Cabal" for war.
> What Israeli patriot Koppel failed to note is that the Cabal's 
> plan is an
> anti-Islamic war agenda on wheels, aimed at one Muslim country after
> another.  The 90-page document is now publicly available for all 
> to read.
> (Rebuilding America's Defenses)
> 
> The primary facilitators of serial wars, who are deceptively 
> edging us
> toward it, call themselves Christian Zionists (CZ).  We did not 
> invent this
> term, they did.  Christian Zionism is political and racist, 
> pandering to a
> doctrine of Israeli's superiority over others, supposedly as seen 
> in God's
> eyes.   It follows that CZ holds to the inferiority of all other 
> people,especially Arabs, to Israelis.   Christ refuted this notion 
> in his time and
> demonstrated it in his life.
> 
> Please read every word of The Interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit 
> Websitefor their upcoming, posh conference in Washington on May 17-
> 18.   The
> interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit for America and Israel states 
> their one
> purpose: "To Solidify and Chart the Future Strategy for the Emerging
> Alliance of Jewish and Christian Zionists." Sponsors and speakers 
> includemany leading professing Christians. (The Interfaith Zionist 
> LeadershipSummit)
> 
> Project Strait Gate says: "CHRISTIAN RACISM KILLS".  It makes a 
> god icon out
> of Israel, which makes war a certainty.  But, there is no such 
> thing as
> Christian Zionism because Zionism is by definition, racism.  Any 
> form of
> race hatred is not Christian.  CZ is truly an oxymoron.
> 
> Jesus was described best by his apostle Paul who told followers 
> that in
> God's eyes:  "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither 
> slave nor
> free, there is neither male not female for you are all one in 
> Christ Jesus."
> (Galatians 3:28)  Why should God view us differently today?
> 
> This writer debated one of the sponsors on public AM radio station 
> KCRO in
> Omaha earlier this year.  The debated topic was "Is Israel the 
> fulfillmentof Bible prophesies?"  I said "NO" and Clarence Wagner 
> of Bridges for Peace
> said "YES".  This is the defining question in exposing Christian 
> Zionistswho universally believe this statement.  A recorded tape 
> of the debate is
> available.
> 
> Every statement from Christian patriarchs, starting with Jesus Christ,
> forbids racism of any kind.  His was and still is a doctrine of 
> love and
> acceptance. Perhaps it is of these Judeo-Christian churchmen Jesus 
> spoke of
> when he said: "Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, have 
> we not
> prophesied in your name, and cast out demons in your name and done 
> manywonders in your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I 
> never knew you,
> depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matthew 7:22-23)
> 
> One of the Ten Commandments says: "Thou shall not take the name of 
> the Lord
> in vain."  Christian Zionism takes His name in vain by claiming to 
> be of Him
> when in fact they associate His name with what He died to end, hatred,
> murder, covetousness, and lack of love for ones brothers of a 
> differenttribe.  The heresy of racism is ingrained in a large part 
> of churchmanship
> in America.
> 
> It is past time to declare that America may have once been, but is 
> no longer
> a Christian nation.  Each church should be tested by those who 
> support it to
> see if it can be trusted to represent Jesus Christ.  We do not 
> test your
> church for you.  We only supply the litmus paper.  You must dip it 
> and see
> if it turns pink or blue.  We are often asked, "How do I find a church
> worthy of my support and attendance?"
> 
> Action recommended by Project Strait Gate:
> 
> Read back issues of Pharisee Watch.
> Circulate Project Strait Gate resources among church leaders.
> Start a Project Strait Gate.
> PROJECT STRAIT GATE: 480-699-4862.
> 
> 
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